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St. Louis Cardinals @ Philadelphia Phillies

1956-06-22 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 20258 · 1:59

Philadelphia Phillies defeated St. Louis Cardinals 2–1. Robin Roberts earned the win. Del Ennis went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
PHI	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0		2	6

W: Robin Roberts L: Tom Poholsky SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lee Ballanfant · 1B: Shag Crawford · 2B: Artie Gore · 3B: Bill Jackowski · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Lockman	4	0	0	0	0	1
Al Dark	4	0	2	0	0	0
Stan Musial	4	0	1	1	0	0
Ken Boyer	4	0	1	0	0	1
Wally Moon	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Morgan	2	0	0	0	1	0
Bobby Del Greco	3	0	0	0	0	1
Hal Smith	3	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Poholsky	2	1	1	0	0	1
Don Blasingame	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Richie Ashburn	3	0	0	0	1	0
Marv Blaylock	4	0	0	0	0	1
Stan Lopata	4	0	0	0	0	2
Del Ennis	4	1	1	1	0	1
Elmer Valo	3	0	1	0	0	0
Willie Jones	3	1	1	0	0	0
Ted Kazanski	3	0	1	0	0	0
Roy Smalley	2	0	2	1	0	0
Robin Roberts	3	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Poholsky	7.0	6	1	2
Lindy McDaniel	1.0	0	0	2

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Robin Roberts	9.0	5	1	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whitey Lockman: 8
Al Dark: 63
Stan Musial: 8

Bot 1

Richie Ashburn: W
Marv Blaylock: 36(1)/FO
Stan Lopata: 7
Del Ennis: 7

Top 2

Ken Boyer: K
Wally Moon: K
Bobby Morgan: W
Bobby Del Greco: K/C

Bot 2

Elmer Valo: 8
Willie Jones: D7
Ted Kazanski: 63
Roy Smalley: D/78.2-H
Robin Roberts: 3/G

Top 3

Hal Smith: 13
Tom Poholsky: S6
Whitey Lockman: K
Al Dark: S8.1-2#
Stan Musial: D7.2-H;1XH(762)

Bot 3

Richie Ashburn: 63
Marv Blaylock: K
Stan Lopata: 53

Top 4

Ken Boyer: 6/P
Wally Moon: 8/8D
Bobby Morgan: 63

Bot 4

Del Ennis: 9
Elmer Valo: S7
Willie Jones: 7
Ted Kazanski: 2/P

Top 5

Bobby Del Greco: 4/P
Hal Smith: 9
Tom Poholsky: K

Bot 5

Roy Smalley: S9
Robin Roberts: 56(1)/FO/BG
Richie Ashburn: 2/FL
Marv Blaylock: 8

Top 6

Whitey Lockman: 13
Al Dark: S7.B-2(E7)#
Stan Musial: 7
Ken Boyer: 6/P

Bot 6

Stan Lopata: K/C
Del Ennis: HR/7
Elmer Valo: 7/L
Willie Jones: 63

Top 7

Wally Moon: 43
Bobby Morgan: 43
Bobby Del Greco: 5/FL

Bot 7

Ted Kazanski: S8
Roy Smalley: 24/SH.1-2
Robin Roberts: 43.2-3
Richie Ashburn: 9

Top 8

Hal Smith: 8
Don Blasingame: 4/P
Whitey Lockman: 5/FL

Bot 8

Marv Blaylock: 7
Stan Lopata: K/C
Del Ennis: K/C

Top 9

Al Dark: E6.B-1
Stan Musial: 46(1)3/GDP
Ken Boyer: D/89
Wally Moon: 53